Trophy sized bear?!

[Meattoeat]

I’ve got this guy I’ll be chasing all august and September. Will be a first bear for me and a dandy at that I think. All I know is judging the ears and belly. But those ears look awfully small to me

[jrebel]

Looks like a very nice bear to me.  I think the picture you had with him next to the sow (another post) really illustrates the size difference.  I will be the first to say that bears are one of the hardest animals to judge, as far as size goes.  I have walked up to very nice sized bears dead on the ground and thought to myself, "wow...that doesn't look that big."  I have also shot a couple that I would have swore were absolute hogs to walk up and see the ground shrinkage....   

[Meattoeat]

Looks like a very nice bear to me.  I think the picture you had with him next to the sow (another post) really illustrates the size difference.  I will be the first to say that bears are one of the hardest animals to judge, as far as size goes.  I have walked up to very nice sized bears dead on the ground and thought to myself, "wow...that doesn't look that big."  I have also shot a couple that I would have swore were absolute hogs to walk up and see the ground shrinkage....   

Yeah I can 100% see that.

I’ve always been taught with deer and elk to use their ears to judge frame size IE: if they’re wide or tall or what have you. Next time I go out to check cameras I’m gonna try and use some reference points to get a better idea of how big. I know it’s a huge long shot to hope he’ll be around come august but that’s what spring and early summer are for right!? Dreaming and drooling over big bears and deer/elk.

Just can’t imagine getting lucky with something like this for a first bear.

[h20hunter]

Shooter all day any day.

[bearhunter99]

As Jrebel stated bears are the hardest to judge.  I have killed quite a few and there were only a small percentage that looked the same when I walked up to them....  That one does look pretty good though with the blocky head and small ears.

[Pathfinder101]

That's a good bear.  You won't be disappointed if you kill him, first bear especially. 

[CaNINE]

a very solid bear.  It's pretty impossible to judge skull measurements until you get a tape on him but from looking at the ear size and location on his head I'd say 18"+ for sure.  Good luck and punch out the front shoulders so you anchor him in place. 

[huntnfmly]

He also has a bit of a crease on the top of his forehead and head which is another way of judging them
He’s a nice bear I’m agreeing with caNINE on skull size

[brew]

my concern is there is a pic you posted on a different thread about a bait site and in that pic there are some thumbnails below it at one of the pics is of the bear posted on this thread (pretty sure that's what i'm seeing ?).  Anyway hope you get 'em but just be careful about the pics you post and the details surrounding it.  I'm not advocating something illegal just don't know the laws about when you can stop baiting deer/elk and hunting bears in that area

[Meattoeat]

my concern is there is a pic you posted on a different thread about a bait site and in that pic there are some thumbnails below it at one of the pics is of the bear posted on this thread (pretty sure that's what i'm seeing ?).  Anyway hope you get 'em but just be careful about the pics you post and the details surrounding it.  I'm not advocating something illegal just don't know the laws about when you can stop baiting deer/elk and hunting bears in that area

Yeah I was posting because I was trying to figure out what the stipulations were about baiting before or after season, pretty much just decided that I’m just not even going to bother with trying. Not that I would have actually done it just due to lack of time and plenty of other things. Just seeing the bear made me wonder what do you do if you are in a situation with bait and you come across a bear.

No intentions of doing anything risqué just trying to get clarification on the previous post. Also was able to contact wdfw finally which helped a ton.

[Rainier10]

What was wdfw response and thought on it?

[polishstunner]

Lots of guys looking on here for tattle tail pts too.  Far too much emphasis on what the other guy did to get a better critter than me.  The guy above is right though, be careful.

[HAGEMANIAC]

That's a healthy bear, no doubt about it.  I would shoot any day. Good luck!

[jackelope]

Lots of guys looking on here for tattle tail pts too.  Far too much emphasis on what the other guy did to get a better critter than me.  The guy above is right though, be careful.

WDFW does the looking for themselves. Don’t doubt that for one second. I believe the masses want to see everyone do everything right and everyone kill giant animals, until someone does something wrong. I guarantee you though, WDFW has found the violators on here on their own more than any tattle tails have.

[polishstunner]

No....they reply to tattle tails.  Dont kid yourself.  Cases dont happen until complaints are made.  Game wardens are not looking thru these posts.